Pakistan Junior League PJL Draft 2022, Teams and Player Lists

The most exciting moment for young fans of cricket has arrived. According to PCB chairman Ramiz Hasan Raja, the first game of this league will be played by young players on October 06, 2022. The PJL draft will commence on September 8, 2022 at 11:20 AM.

In April 2022, PCB Ramiz Raja introduced the new Pakistan Cricket league, named Pakistan Junior League. In this new cricket league, junior players under the age of 19 will be selected worldwide. The cricket boards from all over the world appreciate the PCB for taking this fantastic initiative. This motive will bring a significant change in the professionalism of players.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board is introducing a new type of cricket league to boost young talent. The format of PJL resembles PSL, with the only difference between the two is that in PJL, players under 19 will participate. Players from other countries like India, New Zealand, Australia, England, West Indies, etc., will also be drafted.

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Pakistan Junior League PJL Draft Date:

The draft date of PJL will be announced soon by PCB officials. According to resources, the drafting of players will be in the first week of September.
You can visit the site to get updates about players or any other news regarding the Pakistan Junior League. For updated news about drafting, visit our website.

Pakistan Junior League Teams Draft 2022

There will be six teams in this season’s Junior PSL. Their names and T-shirts are settled now. As soon as the drafting of teams is finalized, we will update you.

all selected players will be assigned one category out of three.

1. Elite
2. Premier
3. X-Factor

Elite	20k-22k $
Premier	12k-14k $
X-Factor	6k-8k $

Elite

These athletes have either played for their country’s U19 squad or have had a notable effect at the domestic level (age-group cricket organized by an ICC Full Member board).

Premier

Players with extensive experience playing age-group cricket or pathway cricket for their boards or regions are included in the premier cricket league.

X-Factor

The X-factor is made up of a handful of Associate Member board players and emerging local talent.

The Pakistan Junior Competition (PJL), which was announced in April 2022, is a new cricket league in which junior players under the age of 19 will be chosen from all around the world. All cricket boards are applauding the PCB for taking this important step. This league will revolutionize cricket in the years to come.

After seven successful seasons of the Pakistan Super Competition, the Pakistan Cricket Board is introducing a new sort of cricket league for their youthful potential. A new league will be formed based on the players that are under the age of 19. It will be the same type of league as the PSL, but the difference is that in this league, just under 19 players from cricket-playing nations such as India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and others would compete.

Pakistan Junior League Draft

The date of the PJL Player Draft has been announced. The Pakistan Junior League Draft will take place on September 8, 2022. Over 3000 entries were received for the PJL video campaign, with 17 players being chosen. These players will now be hosted by NHPC Lahore for age verification and trials. Shortlisted players will be included in the draught on Thursday.

Team Bahawalpur Royals

Elite Category: Obaid Shahid (captain), Arham Nawab (vice-captain), Nathan Edwards (West Indies), Sajjad.

Premier Category: Ali Razzaq, Basit Ali, Mohammad Zeeshan, Nangeyalia Kharotai (Afghanistan), Rehan Ahmed (England)

X-factor Category: Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf, Gabriel Gallman-Findlay (Scotland), Mohammad Danish, Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Shahwaiz Irfan.

No.	Players Name	Batsman/Bowler	Category
1	Arham Nawab (V.Captain)	Spinner Bowler	Elite
2	Nathan Edwards	Left Arm Fast Bowler	Elite
3	Obaib Shahid (Captain)	Right Handed Batsman	Elite
4	Sajjad Ali	Right Handed Batsman	Elite
5	Mohammad Zeeshan	Right Arm M Fast Bowler	Premier
6	Rehan Ahmad	All Rounder	Premier
7	Basit Ali	Right Handed Batsman	Premier
8	Ali Razzaq	All Rounder	Premier
9	Nangeyalia Khanrotai	Spiner	Premier
10	Farhan Yousaf	Right Handed Batsman	X-Factor
11	Mohammad Tayyab Arif	Right Handed Batsman	X-Factor
12	Shahwaiz Irfan	Right Handed Batsman	X-Factor
13	Mohammad Danish	Right Handed Batsman
14	Ahmad Hussain	All Rounder	X-Factor
15	Gabriel Gallman Fimdlay	WK/Batsman	X-Factor

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Team Gujranwala Giants

Elite Category: Uzair Mumtaz (captain), Ali Asfand, Azan Awais, Tom Aspinwall (England)

Premier Category: Ariful Islam (Bangladesh), Hasnain Majid, Mohammad Ibtisam, Mohammad Shan, Shevon Daniel (Sri Lanka)

X-factor Category: Hamza Nawaz, Hasan Ali Jnr, Matthew Tromp (USA), Mohammad Aqib Asghar, Mohammad Waqas, Saqlain Nawaz.

No.	Players Name	Batsman/Bowler	Category
1	Ali Asfand	Left Arm Spiner	Elite
2	Azan Awais	Left Hand Batsman	Elite
3	Uzair Mumtaz (Captain)	Right Handed Batsman	Elite
4	Tom Aspinwall	Allrounder	Elite
5	Muhammad Ibtisam	Allrounder	Premier
6	Ariful Islam	Right Handed Batsman	Premier
7	Hasnain Majid	Right Handed Batsman	Premier
8	Shevon Daniel	Left Handed Batsman	Premier
9	Mohammad Shan	Right Arm Medium Fast	Premier
10	Mohammad Waqas	Spinner	X-Factor
11	Hasan Ali JNR	Spinner	X-Factor
12	Mohammad Aqib Asghar	Spinner	X-Factor
13	Saqlain Nawaz	Right Arm Medium Fast	X-Factor
14	Hamza Nawaz	Left Handed Batsman	X-Factor
15	Matthew Tromp	Allrounder	X-Factor

Team Gwadar Sharks

Elite Category: Mohammad Ismail (captain), Danial Ibrahim (England), Haseeb Nazim, Joseph Eckland (England)

Premier Category: Arafat Minhas, Luc Martin Benkenstein (England), Mohammad Shoaib, Saad Masood, Shamyl Hussain

X-factor Category: Adnan Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Kushal Malla (Nepal), Mohammad AbuBakar, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Zulkifal.

Team Hyderabad Hunters

Elite Category: Saad Baig (captain), Afaq Khan, Aftab Ibrahim, Isai Thorne (West Indies)

Premier Category: Arbaz Khan, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, James Ross Wood (England), Lahiru Dawatage (Sri Lanka), Muneeb Wasif.

X-factor Category: Ali Naseer (UAE), Fahad Amin, Hassan Iqbal, Moeez Rana, Mohammad Zubair Jnr, Salman Ahmed.

No.	Players Name	Batsman/Bowler	Category
1	Saad Baig (Captain)	WK/ Batsman	Elite
2	Afaq Khan	Left Hand Batsman	Elite
3	Aftab Ibrahim	Right Hand Batsman	Elite
4	Isai Throne	Allrounder	Elite
5	Haseeb-Ur-Rehman	Off Spiner	Premier
6	Muneeb Wasif	Allrounder	Premier
7	Dubs James Ross Wood	Spin / All Rounder	Premier
8	Lahiru Dawatage	WK/ Batsman	Premier
9	Arbaz Khan	Right Hand Batsman	Premier
10	Mohammad Zubair JNR	Spinner	X-Factor
11	Moeez Rana	Right Hand Batsman	X-Factor
12	Hassan Iqbal	Right Hand Batsman	X-Factor
13	Fahad Amin	Right Arm Fast	X-Factor
14	Salman Ahmad	Right Hand Batsman	X-Factor
15	Ali Naseer	All-rounder	X-Factor

Team Mardan Warriors

Elite Category: Abbas Ali (captain), Abidullah, Archie Lenham (England), George Thomas (England)

Premier Category: Daud Nazar, Haseeb Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Muhammad Nabeel, Olly Cox (England)

X-factor Category: Aimal Khan, Burhan Niaz (Belgium), Mohammad Irfan, Shahzaib Khan, Syed Tayyab Hussain, Zohaib Khan Shanzaib.

No.	Players Name	Batsman/Bowler	Category
1	George Thomas	Right Hand Batsman	Elite
2	Abbas Ali (Captain)	Right Hand Batsman	Elite
3	Archie Lenham	Leg Spiner	Elite
4	Abidullah	Right Arm Medium Fast	Elite
5	Daud Nazar	Right Hand Batsman	Premier
6	Haseeb Khan	Right Hand Batsman	Premier
7	Mohammad Nabeel	Right Arm Medium Fast	Premier
8	Olly Cox	Left Hand Batsman	Premier
9	Mohammad Farooq	Right Hand Batsman	Premier
10	Mohammad Irfan	Spinner	X-Factor
11	Aimal Khan	Right Arm Medium Fast	X-Factor
12	Zohaib Khan Shahzaib	Allrounder	X-Factor
13	Syed Tayyab Hussain	Allrounder	X-Factor
14	Shahzaib Khan	Left Hand Batsman	X-Factor
15	Burhan Naiz	Allrounder	X-Factor

Team Rawalpindi Raiders

Elite Category: Habibullah (captain), Afnan Khan, Ali Ishaq, Hassan Eisakhil (Afghanistan)

Premier Category: Ali Raza, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan), Amir Hassan, Aseer Mughal, Kai Smith (England)

X-factor Category: Charlie Tear (Scotland), Haroon Arshad, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Usman Khan, Wahaj Riaz, Ziaullah.

List of Selected Players from the video campaign

List of Overall Local Players (Pakistan) that will participate in the Pakistan Junior League Draft

Central Punjab

Faisalabad

Lahore

Sialkot

1. Azan Awais
2. Ameer Hassan
3. Syed Hassan Gillani
4. Tayyab Arif
5. Moosa Azeem

Mandibahauddin

1. Zeeshan Sikander
2. Zoraiz Wafa Gill
3. Ayub Khan
4. Shaban Saeed
5. Zain- ul-Abideen
6. Kaif Ali

Sargodha

1. Mohammad Ibtisam-ur-Rehman

Mianwali

1. Saria Khan

Nankanasahib

1. Afzal Manzoor

Sheikhupura

1. Ali Raza

Muridke

1. Faraz Ahmed

List of Overall Southern Players

Southern Punjab

Muzaffargarh

1. Abu Bakar
2. Mohammad Danish

Multan

1. Adeel Mushtaq
2. Alam Zaib Khan
3. Arafat Minhas
4. Haseeb Javaid
5. Haseeb Nazim
6. Maseem Raza
7. Mohammad Zahid
8. Sameer Ahmed
9. Uzair Mumtaz

Pakpattan

1. Adnan Ali
2. Salman Ahmed

D.G Khan

1. Adnan Shahid

Vehari

1. Ali Haider
2. Amin Talib
3. Aqib Asghar
4. Moheer Saeed

Rahim Yar Khan

1. Ali Shabir
2. Farhan Iqbal
3. Hasnain Majid
4. Mohammad Ammar
5. Taha Masood
6. Talha Mushtaq

Khanewal

1. Arbab Shabir
2. Zubair Jabbar
3. Huzaifa Ayub

Sahiwal

1. Bilal Ahmad
2. Hamza Nadir
3. Inamullah
4. Mohammad Ismail
5.  Mohammad Jansher
6. Mohammad Shan
7. Taha Shabir

Bahawalnagar

1. Hamza Nawaz
2. Harib Moeen

Bahawalpur

1. Haseeb Gull
2. Mozam Alvi

Rajanpur

1. Kashif Farid
2. Mohammad Abdullah

Lodhran

1. Mohammad Luqman
2. Sharjeel Hassan
3. Shehraz Khan

Okara

1. Usman Iqbal

List of Overall Balochistan Players

Balochistan

Pishin

1. Abdul Saboor
2. Sham Raiz Khan
3. Sayed Yasir Shah

Turbat

1. Akhtar Altaf
2. Akhtar Altaf
3. Imran Zahid

Loralai

1. Arbaz Khan
2. Ashanullah
3. Duniya Khan
4. Ehsanullah
5. Ghazi Khan
6. Hikmatullah
7. Jahangir Khan
8. Sajjad Ali
9. Tanveer Khan
10. Zohaib Khan Shanzaib
11. Muhammad Yousaf

Lasbella

1. Arslan Khan
2. Gohar Khan
3. Moshin Ali
4. Abu Bakar

Naseerabad

1. Basit Ali
2. Muhammad Uzair
3.  Israrullah

Quetta

1. Usman Ghani
2. Uzafia Gul
3.  Yasir Khan
4. Huzaifa Gul
5. Ikramullah Tareen
6. Inamullah
7. Mohammad Aqdas Khan
8. Muhammad Qasim
9. Obaidullah

Sibi

1. Majid Ali,
2. Perviz Ahmed
3. Shahid Ali

Killa Abdullah

1. Ejaz Ahmed
2. Muhammad Siddique
3. Qurban Ali
4. Syed Hanzla

Panjgur

1. Siraj Mehboob

Khuzdar

1. Adnan Iqbal

Gwadar

1. Abdul Haseeb

List of Overall Sindh Players

Sindh

Khi Zone-VII

1. Abdul Moeez
2. Abdullah Alam
3. Aftab Ibrahim
4. Muhammad Saad Asif

Khi Zone-II

1. Abdul Rehman Niazi
2. Ali Hassan
3. Syed Tayyab Hussain
4. Shahwaiz Yasir (
5. Raihan Ali Shah
6. Wahaj Raiz
7.  Ziaullah

Khi Zone-III

1. Haroon Arshad
2. Mirza Saad Baig
3.  Muhammad Fahad Amin
4. Muhammad Hassan Iqbal
5. Rumail Ahmed

Khi Zone-IV

1. Afnan Khan
2. Muhammad Hanif
3. Daniyal Ahmed

Khi Zone-VI

1. Ali Ishaq
2. Awais Raheem Shah
3. Ghulam Ashraf
4. Habibullah
5. Hameed Kareem
6. Hamza Qureshi
7. Khawaja Muhammad Hafeez
8. Maaz Khurram Amin
9. Mohammad Arbaaz Khan
10. Naveed Ahmed Khan

Hyderabad

1. Noman Ali
2. Haseeb-ur- Rehman
3. Syed Yahya Shah

Larkana

1. Feroz Ali
2. Shahzaib Aziz

Khairpur

1. Mansoor Ali Khoso
2. Saqlain Nawaz Rajput
3. Ubaid Raza

Sukkur

1. Muhammad Hannan

Karachi

1. Arbaz Khan

Mirpurkhas

1. Mohammad Umar Khan Sherani

Benazirabad

1. Daud Abbas

List of Overall Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Players

KPK

Peshawar

1. Abbas Ali
2. Ahmed Hussain
3. Ansarullah
4. Arafat Khan
5. Haris Khan
6. Haseeb Khan
7. Jamshed Ali
8. Junaid Khan Khalil
9. Mohammad Ansarullah
10. Muhammed Shoaib
11. Muhammed Zubair
12. Uzairullah

Lower Dir

1. Abu Bakkar
2. Afkar Durrani
3. Ihtisham-ul-Haq
4. Muhammed Riazullah

Bajour

1. Adnan Ahmed

Mardan

1. Afaq Khan
2. Ayaz Khan
3. Maaz Habib Khan

Mohmand

1. Aimal Khan
2. Muhammed Farooq
3. Muhammed Tahir

Swat

1. Hilal Ahmed
2. Sherdil Khan

Charsada

1. Jawad Ali
2. Muhammed Zulkifal

Kohat

1. Khubaib Khalil

Khyber

1. Muhammed Irfan
2. Muhammed Salman
3. Muhammed Zubair
4. Riazullah
5. Zubair Shinwari
6. Ubaidullah
7. Wazdan Khan
8. Adnan Khan

D.I Khan

1. Ismail Khan
2. Muhammed Shoaib

Upper Dir

1. Riazullah Khan

Haripur

1. Salar Ahmed

Mansehra

1. Shahzaib Khan

Abbottabad

1. Shuja Zaheer

Swabi

1. Tahir Ali
2. Yasir Ahmed

List of Foreign Players that will Participate in the Pakistan Junior League Draft

Foreign Players

West Indies

1. Steven Wedderburn
2. Nathan Edwards
3. Nimar Bolden
4. Vasant Singh
5.  Isai Thorne
6. Ackeem Auguste

Sri Lanka

1. Lahiru Dawatage
2. Malsha Tharupathi
3. Shevon Daniel
4. Anjala Bandara
5. Lahiru Abeysinghe

England

1. Luc Martin Benkenstein
2. Archie Lenham
3.  Joseph Eckland
4. George Thomas
5. Olly Cox

Zimbabwe

1. Matthew Schocken
2. Brendon Sunguro
3.  Huggins Machaka
4. Emmanuel Bawa
5. Brian Bennett

Bangladesh

1. Naimur Rohman Noyon
2. Prantik Nawrose Nabil
3. Abdullah Al Mamun
4. Jishan Alam
5. Ariful Islam

Afghanistan

1. Masood Gurbaz
2. Waleed Stanikzai
3. Ahmad Zia Zaland
4. Aqib Shah
5.  Hassan Eisakhil

UAE

1. Ali Naseer
2. Jash Ginani
3. Mohammad Faisal

USA

1. Matthew Tromp
2. Joshua Tromp

Belgium

1. Burhan Niaz

Canada

1.  Ethan Gibson

Denmark

1. Musa Shaheen Mahmood

Australia

1. Luke Holt

Scotland

1. Oliver Davidson

Ireland

1. Philippus le Roux 

Netherlands

1. Tazeem Ali

PJL Player Lists 2022

The selection process has started for players from all the registered cricket academies in Pakistan and will be completed soon.

You may visit our site later to get notified of every update on this cricket league.

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Pakistan Junior League Draft Procedure

Draft day captures much attention, but many events will take place before and after the draft day. In this article, the process of drafting PJL players is described in a more straightforward manner so that it can be easily understood by everyone.

The procedure of drafting consists of three steps:

PJL Committee decided to divide the draft into three simple phases, first step about to preparation of the draft. The actual PJL draft, which lasts for almost a full day, is the second phase. The third phase is the time between the end of the draft and the start of the league.

Draft Day Preparation

The first edition of PJL will commence on October 1st, 2022, so drafting team players will start in September. The first official announcement of picking the platinum category player will be based on the teams’ fortunes because of the random draw or other similar activities. Teams will pick the remaining 17 players using the “Unique Statistical Method.”

Meanwhile, the local divisions of the U19 City Cricket Association event in 2022 are renewed. Voting is how this renewal process is carried out. Representatives from each franchise cast votes for the categories of local players, excluding those of their franchise.

The modified categories are then reviewed and finalized by a small group of PCB officials. The players who are available for the draft are announced shortly after that. Teams start exchanging players as soon as the list is made public.

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Draft Day 

Everyone involved in this process looks forward to the draft date the most. The draft consists of six categories and 18 rounds. These consist of 16 rounds with five players in each category, with an additional two rounds. The five-player categories are as follows:

Even though no established standards exist for any category, players with the highest utility are awarded the highest category and vice versa. Every Pakistan-representing local player must be at least a gold-level player.

Depending on the remaining salary caps, a team may pick players from any category in the supplementary round. Teams may also pick a player from a lower category with his consent. Furthermore, each team is given a wildcard choice(optional). By doing this, a team can pick a player from a lower category for platinum, diamond, or gold. Using the wildcard, teams may pick a player from silver, platinum, diamond, or gold.

The following players from each category make up a 16- to 18-man squad.

Category Name	Number of Player
Platinum	3
Diamond	3
Gold	3
Silver	3
Supplementary	2 Optional

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The selection for each category shall be made in the manner described above. The teams have 2 minutes for each pick in the platinum rounds. But for the remaining rounds, only 90 seconds Then it will be given to teams to pick up players. The following squad composition guidelines must be followed by a team when picking players:

Replacement Draft

The replacement of PJL draft is held if a player from any team cannot participate (fully/partly).Teams can pick only a player from a lower category than the player who is replaced. Newly replaced players come with a higher salary package.

Few fans are aware of the mid-season trading window. It is a 72-hour span that starts once each team’s four games are through. Players who have yet to play a game this season may be traded during this window. The players might be traded to another team in return for a player, money, or both. More than two of these trades cannot change the roster of a team’s active players. In this window, no trade has yet occurred.

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